diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index f392c53d01..91ec1067c7 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ libavutil:     2013-12-xx
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.14.0 - pixfmt.h
+  Add AV_PIX_FMT_VDA for new-style VDA acceleration.
+
 2014-04-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 55.50.3 - avcodec.h
   Deprecate CODEC_FLAG_MV0. It is replaced by the flag "mv0" in the
   "mpv_flags" private option of the mpegvideo encoders.
diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 80c97b0096..ced3e46634 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -1494,6 +1494,10 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         },
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PLANAR | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_BE,
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_VDA] = {
+        .name = "vda",
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_HWACCEL,
+    },
 };
 
 FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index bfd16e64e2..99a926f00f 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
 
     AV_PIX_FMT_YVYU422,   ///< packed YUV 4:2:2, 16bpp, Y0 Cr Y1 Cb
 
+    AV_PIX_FMT_VDA,          ///< HW acceleration through VDA, data[3] contains a CVPixelBufferRef
     AV_PIX_FMT_NB,        ///< number of pixel formats, DO NOT USE THIS if you want to link with shared libav* because the number of formats might differ between versions
 
 #if FF_API_PIX_FMT
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 9d3e7f31fc..43e7947121 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 53
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 13
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 14
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \